Butter-fat gage



J. A. lIVIEEKTEHl BUTTER FAT GAGE.'

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1920.

PatentdrApr. 19, 1921.

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v BUTTER FAT GAGE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 22, 1920.

1,375,057. Patented Apr. 19, 1921.

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UNITED Shifts reliearg om@ JOHN ALMEEKEE, or 11oTsnAr/i,nn'WYonx.

. BUTTER-FAT GAGE?,

`Be it 'known that I, JOI-IN citizen 'of the Unitedy State of lNew York, have inventedcertain new anduseful Improvements in Butter- Fat Gages, of which the following is a specification.v Y

My invention relates to new and useful improvements in a device for accurately reading the calibrated tube of a test .bottle used in determining the percentage ofjbutter fat in milkandcream.;

.One of the objects of my inventionis to provide a device `of the character specified which will be simple Yinmechanical construction and can be operated to obtain the Vdesired reading with the fewest possible movements on the part of the operator.

With these general objects in view, the invention consists in certain novel and peculiar features of construction and combination of parts as hereinafter described and claimed; and in order that it may be fully understood reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, in which similar reference characters indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

` Figure 1 is a front elevation of my improved gage showing a test bottle in position for reading;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the same; Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 looking in thepdirection of the arrow; and

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-t looking in the direction of the arrow and showing` the operating means for the pointers.

Referring to the drawing, 1 is a suitable support carrying parallel fixed guides 2.

Vpointer 5, which is mounted to reciprocate with respect to the said lower pointer.L The main frame of the harness is shaped of metal to provide a plate member 6, a top angle portion 7, a lbottom angle portion 8, tubular parallel guide sleeves 9, cooperating with the fixed guides 2, and angular ears 10. A center guide 11 also fixedly carried by the reciprocating harness forms a suitable bearv the reciprocating upper pointer 5, which latter is collar 12 securedthereto, to furnish an enlarged bearing surface.

Secured to the under side of the support specification of Lettersraten't.

provided with a 1, vis a crankshaft l'carrying a crank 1a A. Mmmm, States, residing, atk Fotsdam, in the county of StrLawrence and.`

and handwheel 15.L At pitman 16 is pivotally connected to the crank and tothe` angle I8J of the harness 3. Y v

Pivotally .mounted inthe ears 10 of the harness 3 is another crank shaft 17 provided with a hand wheel`18`., A pitman v29 is pivotally4 c onnectedtothe crank shaft 17 and the upper pointer: 5.y For holding the said pitman in vplaced position, spring tension members 23 and .24 are provided and which arefinfrictional engagement withtheir re, spective crank shafts. i

VFor holding the bottlesecurely inpositionk a socket 19 having a lateral entrance is mounted on thesupportl and is constructed of spring metal to provide the laterally mov# able'spring end portions 19 to permit insertion and removal ofthe bottle. Secured. Yto the 'upper end of the guides 2 is a spring metal strap 20 provided at one side with a stopper `21 for entering the neck of the bottle.

The pointers 4; and 5 are curved as at 22 to fit against the neck of the bottle and only Y vand'then the bottom of the bottle is slid into place between the spring members 19' of the socket 19. The hand wheel 15 is then rotated in apdirection to moive the harness 3 until the lower pointer is at the lower end of the layer of fat. The hand wheel 18 is then rotated to move the upper pointer relative to the lower pointer and to the position where the forrmer is opposite the upper end of the layer of fat. The hand wheel 15 is then rotated to move both pointers in fixed a patented Apr.-191921. application fue@ May 22,1925. semaine.A 33,561'. y.

relationship so as to bring the lower pointer s opposite Zero on the scale; the-upper pointer then indicates the reading tot be made.

From the description as above set forth it is obvious that I have provided a device which possesses the following advantages: The bottle can be readilyV placed and removed from position with one hand and the instrument operated with the other. With the bottle in position, only three motions will be necessary for a reading, namely,

moving the lower pointer to position, moving the upper pointer to position, and then movingv the lower pointer to zeroposition.-

The pitman motion is desirable because in l order to move the pointers to desired posi- A tion only a small turning movement of the hand wheel is necessary as compared with 'application where a similar apparatus for analogous purposes might be used. y

From the abdve description it will be apparent that I have produced a device of the character described, which possesses all the features enumerated as desirable, and/while I have illustrated and described the preferred form of the invention, it will be understood that I reserve the right to all changes properly falling Awithin the scope and spirit of the appendedclaims.

Therefore what I claim aspnew and desire to secure by Letters Patent is-' l. A gage comprising a support, a guide carried thereby,a member adapted td recipt rocate on the said guide, a pointerV carried i bythe said member, a second pointer car- .ried by the said member and adjustable with relation to thefirst pointer, a crank shaft mounted on the supportand a pitman connected to the said member and the crank shaft.` Y

2. A gage comprising a support,n a guide carried thereby, a member adapted to reciprocate on the said guide, a pointer carried by the said member, a second pointer carried by the said member and adjustable with relation to the first pointer, means for adjusting the secondV pointer,` comprising a crankshaftrotatably mounted -on the said member Vand a pitman connected to the crank shaft and t0 the second'poiinter.

3. A. gage comprising a support, a guide carried thereby, a member provided with a4 pointer movably mounted on said guide7 a test bottle supportedl -in proximity to the said pointer, a stopper forengaging the a neck of the bottle, a spring member'for supportingthe stopper andmeans forsupporting the spring member.

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In testimony whereof I hereby affix my JOHN n MEnKERQ 

